
Simple Flying Aviation News Podcast
The Simple Flying Podcast - hosted by Tom Boon and Channing Reid is your go to podcast for commercial aviation news and insight.
We discuss the top commercial aviation news stories each week, all of the stories discussed can be found on simpleflying.com.
Latest episodes

Aug 19, 2024 • 24min
#228: Voepass ATR-72 Crash, New Airline Gets An Old A310 & More Aviaton News Stories
Join Jo and Tom to discuss the week's top stories from the world of aviation. On the agenda this week are:
Voepass ATR-72 crashes in Brazil
Frontier drops the A321XLR
Why airlines are cutting China flights
El Al makes an order for the Boeing 737 MAX
A new airline takes an old A310 into its fleet
Thanks for joining us, please do let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments!

Aug 13, 2024 • 39min
#227: Boeing Vs Airbus At Farnborough, Qatar CEO Interview & Much More
Today, managing editor Joanna Bailey is joined by Editorial Lead Sumit Singh to take an analytical look at the recent Farnborough Airshow.
Jo & Sumit discuss:
Boeing Vs Airbus: Who won FIA?
Turkish Airlines new business class
The importance of the USA to Turkish & Air India
Qatar Airways holds onto A380s, drops hints about southern Africa airline investment
What we know so far about the Airbus future narrowbody
Boom Supersonic reinvents the cockpit for Overture

Aug 2, 2024 • 27min
#226: Farnborough Airshow Recap
Simple Flying's Tom Boon is joined Pete Syme of Business Insider and Rhys Jones of Head for Points for a look back at the 2024 Farnborough Airshow.

Jul 26, 2024 • 25min
#225: Learnings From American Airlines Battery Fire, Unserved Africa Routes & 3 More Aviation News Stories
This week Jo welcomes Simple Flying's lead Africa journalist, Tatenda Karuwa, to the podcast. Together, we discuss some of the weeks' hottest topics, including:
What we learned from the American Airlines battery fire
Some of the top unserved Africa routes
Korean Air 777X potential order at Farnborough
SAF and sustainability in Africa - how can it work?
Pan Am returns for an exclusive experience

Jul 12, 2024 • 24min
#224: easyJet Celebrates Football, Hurricane Beryl Upsets Flights & 3 More Aviation Stories
In episode 224 of the Simple Flying Podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,
easyJet's football celebration
Hurricane Beryl's impact
New Pacific loses it's CEO
Boeing is in spending mode
Airbus vs Boeing in H1

Jul 5, 2024 • 23min
Bonus: Farnborough Airshow CEO Interview
The Farnborough International Airshow is now in touching distance. This year's show will be the first sold-out show in decades. In this bonus episode of the Simple Flying podcast, Content Manager Tom Boon catches up with Gareth Rogers, CEO of the Airshow, for a sneak peek at what's in store!

Jun 28, 2024 • 30min
#223: Southwest Airlines Incidents, Embraer Insight & 3 More Aviation Stories
In episode 223 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,
Recent Southwest Airlines incidents
Everything commercial at Embraer
Recent notable government flights
Flying on the Embraer KC-390
1st Airbus A321XLR flights on sale

Jun 12, 2024 • 28min
#222: IATA Update, 1st Farnborough Aircraft Revealed & 3 More Aviation Stories
In episode 222 (to Toulouse) of the Simple Flying podcast, regular hosts Jo and Tom are joined by Editorial Lead Sumit Singh to discuss,
What happened at the IATA AGM
Cathay Pacific Airbus A330 news
1st Farnborough Airshow aircraft revealed
Airlines are still being fined for COVID cancelations
Lufthansa's new status match offer

Jun 7, 2024 • 30min
#221: AA Ditches Transcon Widebodies, Tom Visits Air Astana Catering
In episode 221 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss,
Air India delays
3rd Airbus A350 for the Luftwaffe
American Airlines ditches transcon widebodies
Tom visits Air Astana catering
Iran reverse engineers engine fanblades

May 31, 2024 • 49min
#220: Singapore Incident Update, Aircraft Interiors Expo, & 3 More Aviation Stories
In episode 220 of the Simple Flying podcast, your hosts Jo and Tom discuss: Initial Singapore Airlines incident report released, Tom visits AIX in Hamburg, American Airlines has a shake up, the Crystal Cabin Award winners, the worlds best airlines.